Daily News Energy Headlines from November 13, 2017

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News highlights gathered by Industrial Info and IIR Energy (Sugar Land, Texas) dealing with the energy markets.

FINANCIAL
Shell to Sell Woodside Stake for $2.7 Billion - Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE:RDS-A) on Monday sold its entire stake in Australia's largest independent oil and gas company Woodside Petroleum Limited for $2.7 billion as it pushes ahead with its vast disposal program. (Reuters)

EQT Completes Acquisition of Rice Energy - EQT Corporation (NYSE:EQT) on Monday announced that it completed its acquisition of Rice Energy Incorporated. The two companies are producers in the Appalachian Basin. (Business Wire)

CRUDE OIL
OPEC Lifts Crude Oil Demand Forecast - OPEC said the world would need 33.42 million barrels per day (BBL/d) of OPEC crude next year, up 360,000 BBL/d from its previous forecast and marking the fourth consecutive monthly increase in the projection from its first estimate made in July. (Reuters)

NATURAL GAS
U.S. Natural Gas Prices Spike - Winter hasn't even begun and natural gas is already spiking. Prices jumped sharply last week, as fundamental concerns about an arctic blast and future winter weather squeezed shorts. They are likely to rise further through the end of the year and into 2018. (Bloomberg)

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